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Re:Why The Pentagon run the best schools and the safest nucl... by culll_kuprey on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @02:36PM (#45596707)
> in these households are going to have minimum of IQ that's higher than the normal minimum since that's a prerequisite for enlistment.

Is it? I know they’re a lot more selective than historically, but I was under the impression that a low 30-something asvab score qualifies you for at least infantryman. Is that really above average IQ?

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Re:Why The Pentagon run the best schools and the safest nucl... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @11:01PM (#45601016)
If you take any distribution and cut off the bottom X percent, the new average will be higher. I think this is the point they are making.

Simply excluding the mentally handicapped or dysfunctional drug addict parents would have an effect

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Re:Why The Pentagon run the best schools and the safest nucl... by culll_kuprey on Thursday October 16, 2025 @06:34PM (#45611493)
While I’ll grant you the mentally handicap. I promise you there are many in the military with dysfunctional drug addicted parents.
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Re:Why The Pentagon run the best schools and the safest nucl... by s1artibartfast on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:29PM (#45611906)
yes, but we are talking about the children of active military families. There are fewer dysfunctional crackheads and whatnot in the active service than general population.
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